Marche

Between the Apennines and the Adriatic: stuffed olives, fish soup and baked vincisgrassi.

• Olive all'ascolana

  Olives stuffed with meat, breaded and fried, impossible to stop eating

• Vincisgrassi

  The Marche region's own lasagna, rich with giblets and béchamel

• Brodetto

  An Adriatic fish soup — every port has its own recipe

• Ciauscolo

  A soft salami, meant for spreading on bread

• Crescia sfogliata

  A rich, buttery flatbread, the elegant cousin of Romagna's piadina

• Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi

  A white that ages better than many reds

• Rosso Conero

  Montepulciano grapes with a view of the Adriatic

• Lacrima di Morro d'Alba

  Scented with roses and violets, unlike anything else in the world

• Osteria del Gomito ★ 4.8

  Ancona

• La Degosteria ★ 4.5

  Ancona

• Osteria La Fisarmonica ★ 4.5

  Castelfidardo

• Trattoria da Nordio ★ 4.3

  Ancona

• La Moretta dal 1897 ★ 4.0

  Ancona

Google ratings, July 2026